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59 Me. 146 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 1, 1871
Monk v. Guild, 3 Met. 372 . … Brown’s Divorce Court Practice, 152.
Cited 4 timesPublished100 Me. 180 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Apr 14, 1905
Harrington v. Board of Aldermen, 20 R. I. 233, 38 L. R. A. 305. The state may even direct its destruction. Lawton v. Steele, 152 U. S. 133 ; Preston v. Drew, supra; Fisher v. … See Harrington v. Board of Aldermen, supra. In Grand Rapids v.
Cited 18 timesPublished68 Me. 322 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jun 25, 1878
J., in Harmon v. Jennings, 22 Maine, 240, 242, for declaring that the question not having been raised before the referees, it cannot be entertained now. See also the recent case of Raymond v. Co. … Co. v. Fox, 18 Maine, 117. Brown v. Clay, 31 Maine, 518. Morse v. Morse, 62 Maine, 443. Mitchell v. Dockray, 63 Maine, 82. Exceptions overruled. AppletoN, C. J., Walton, Barrows, Peters and Libbey, JJ., concurred. ■;
Cited 0 timesPublished2003 Me. 46 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Apr 7, 2003
We held in City of Portland v. Fisherman’s Wharf Assocs. … Delogu v.
Cited 14 timesPublished105 Me. 87 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jan 7, 1909
Sec. 52; Parker v. … Bell v. Woodman, 60 Maine, page 465; State v. Benner, 64 Maine, Page 287-8; Davis v. Roby, 64 Maine, page 427.
Cited 2 timesPublished572 A.2d 498 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Apr 3, 1990
Sawyer, appeals the Superior Court’s (Penobscot County, Browne, A.R.J.) order on costs arising from her successful civil action against defendant, Oscar Walker. … Purwin v. Robertson Enterprises, Inc., 506 A.2d 1152, 1154 (Me.1986) (emphasis added).
Cited 9 timesPublished64 Me. 408 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 1, 1874
Hyde v. Middlesex, 2 Gray, 267 ; Brown v. Worcester, 13 Gray, 31 . … J., in Central Bridge Corporation v.
Cited 0 timesPublished556 A.2d 665 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Apr 14, 1989
Planning Board. … Camden and Rockland Water Co. v. Town of Hope, 543 A.2d 827, 829 (Me.1988). Review of the record reveals substantial evidence to support the Board’s factual finding and no arbitrary or unlawful action.
Cited 0 timesPublished146 Me. 446 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 30, 1951
Beaulieu v. Portland Company, 48 Me. 291 ; Connor v. Giles, 76 Me. 132 ; Nason v. West, 78 Me. 253 , 3 A. 911 . In Beaulieu v. Portland Company, supra, this court quoted the then recent English case of Cornman v. E. C. … Again, in Nason v.
Cited 18 timesPublished31 Me. 314 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 1, 1850
In Perrin v. … Eaton v. Brown, 8 Greenl. 22. It is suggested by the defendant’s counsel, that the amendment will be unavailing, because an action of debt camiot be sustained for work and labor done.
Cited 6 timesPublished632 A.2d 439 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Oct 22, 1993
Brown, 495 A.2d 324, 325 (Me.1985) (any fault by injured party bars recovery under dog-damage statute). … Henry v. Brown, 495 A.2d 324, 325 (Me.1985); Pettitt v. Lizotte, 454 A.2d 329, 335 (Me.1982). .The verdict form read as follows: 1.
Cited 5 timesPublished658 A.2d 661 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · May 24, 1995
Porter v. Maine State Retirement Sys., 609 A.2d 1146, 1147 (Me.1992). Although our review of findings of fact made by the Board is for clear error, Carr v. Board of Trustees of Me. … Kelley v. Commissioner, Me. Dep’t of Human Sews., 591 A.2d 1300, 1303 (Me.1991); see also Fraser v. Barton, 628 A.2d 146, 148 (Me.1993) (finding that statutory definition met reviewed for error of law).
Cited 0 timesPublished254 A.2d 592 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jun 26, 1969
Brown v. McCaffrey, et al., 1948, 143 Me. 221 , 60 A.2d 792 ; Pike v. Munroe, 1853, 36 Me. 309 . As stated in Maker v. … Hathorn v. Hinds, 1879, 69 Me. 326 ; Brown v. Heard, 1893, 85 Me. 294 , 27 A. 182 ; Hobbs v. Payson, 1893, 85 Me. 498 , 27 A. 519 ; Smith v. Sweat, 1897, 90 Me. 528 , 38 A. 554 .
Cited 9 timesPublishedBradbury v. Inhabitants of Cumberland County
52 Me. 27 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 1, 1861
Thereupon measures were taken by the court of county commissioners, for the county of Cumberland, to have a judgment and determination, by the joint board of the commissioners of the four counties in which the highway was … At a meeting of this joint board, it was decided that a part of the road which they had adjudged to be of common convenience and necessity should be discontinued. In the case of Jones v.
Cited 0 timesPublished6 Me. 200 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jun 15, 1829
Then, and then only, such of the boards as might not be wanted for this purpose, were to be delivered over to them. … See Waterston & al. v. Getchell 5. Greenl. 435.
Cited 2 timesPublishedRoberta, Inc. v. Inhabitants of Town of Southwest Harbor
449 A.2d 1138 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Sep 8, 1982
See, e.g., Cummings v. Town of Oakland, Me., 430 A.2d 825 (1981); Schwanda v. Bonney, Me., 418 A.2d 163 (1980). … See Waddell v. Briggs, Me., 381 A.2d 1132 (1978).
Cited 1 timesPublished155 A.3d 864 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Feb 2, 2017
Windham Land Trust v. Jeffords, 2009 ME 29, ¶ 19 , 967 A.2d 690 . “If the District Court lacked subject matter jurisdiction, we would have to vacate its order.” Landmark Realty v. … Express Bank FSB v.
Cited 10 timesPublished82 Me. 558 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · May 29, 1890
Brown v. State of Maryland, 12 Wheat. 419 . No one but the importer himself has the right to sell, except as allowed by the laws of the state; and he can sell only in the original packages. … v.
Cited 0 timesPublishedYoung v. Central Maine Power Co.
814 A.2d 998 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jan 23, 2003
Lewiston Daily Sun v. Sch. Admin. Dist. No. 43, 1999 ME 143, ¶ 17 , 738 A.2d 1239, 1243 (quoting Halfway House, Inc. v. … See, e.g., Toothaker v.
Cited 0 timesPublished90 Me. 541 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Aug 17, 1897
This is a familiar proposition enunciated in numerous decisions *545 from Storer v. Freeman, 6 Mass. 435 , to Brown v. Heard, 85 Maine, 294.
Cited 2 timesPublished
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